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Data gateway - Change Primary
Hello,
I'm using one gateway cluster with a two gateway that working in fail-over mode.
Gateway Cluster:
- Gateway A (primary)
- Gateway B (fail-over secondary)
now I need to set Gateway B as primary and delete Gateway A.
is there a powershell command to set Gateway B as primary?
What is the correct procedure to follow?
Thanks
Why delete A? You will want to keep your failover setup.
The choreography is as follows:
- Have your recovery key handy. Nothing will work without that.
- Delete B from the cluster
- Register B as a replacement Primary in the cluster, kicking out A.
- Add the now orphaned A back into the cluster as a secondary gateway
You will not want to do this via Powershell.
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Why delete A? You will want to keep your failover setup.
The choreography is as follows:
- Have your recovery key handy. Nothing will work without that.
- Delete B from the cluster
- Register B as a replacement Primary in the cluster, kicking out A.
- Add the now orphaned A back into the cluster as a secondary gateway
You will not want to do this via Powershell.
There's no failover. All cluster members share the load if you specify it with the checkbox. Primary/Anchor is purely cosmetic.
Hi,
Gateway A is dead, I need to promote Gateway B to primary.
I have the recovery key.
What is the correct procedure?
Thanks
Log in to the management app on B. Specify "Take over". Select the Primary. Provide the Recovery key.
When successful B will be the new anchor and A will be orphaned.
Hi Ibendlin,
if I understand correctly the steps to take are:
remove node B from the cluster
uninstall the DataGateway from server B
rerun the DataGateway setup on server B and perform the takeoveris this correct?
Thanks you
